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Karma13612

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74. I know, but what can we do about it now?

Wed Feb 12, 2020, 05:41 PM

Feb 2020

We keep hoping for more whistle blowers and more leaks.

How do we get back our normalcy if Trump wins?

Well and truly scared.

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Mueller is looking more and more as a less than courageous figure. [View all] edhopper Feb 2020 OP

I think this may signal Mueller's reticent testimony and halting delivery, along with hlthe2b Feb 2020 #1

I've had that same thought htuttle Feb 2020 #2

Me too! get the red out Feb 2020 #30

Wondering if maybe this was the reason Rod Rosenstein picked him? bluestarone Feb 2020 #5

Something happened. Scarsdale Feb 2020 #17

Neither the Mueller Probe nor the Impeachment "Trial" were actually completed...yet. Moostache Feb 2020 #76

Rosenstein's been around a long time bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #19

Short of info regarding sources and methods exboyfil Feb 2020 #78

I always thought Churchill's strong point was pep talks, soldierant Feb 2020 #88

It's a wonder DENVERPOPS Feb 2020 #28

Something that jumped out at me while reading A Very Stable Genius tanyev Feb 2020 #10

Yes.. I noted that too in the book... hlthe2b Feb 2020 #12

Those Lieutenants!! bluestarone Feb 2020 #33

I just read about Mueller PatSeg Feb 2020 #15

I'll have to check that book out... Locrian Feb 2020 #24

Well said. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #36

Oh yes PatSeg Feb 2020 #51

It was obvious Muellar was not the Mueller from earlier years. brush Feb 2020 #31

I watched videos of younger Mueller riverwalker Feb 2020 #40

Yep, Rosenstein had to know. No repug can be trusted. I remember Rosestein standing faithfully... brush Feb 2020 #50

Never trust a Republican. nt live love laugh Feb 2020 #3

T H I S Cosmocat Feb 2020 #4

Yes and don't forget they spent 8 more years trying to w Obama live love laugh Feb 2020 #58

Yes indeed - no doubt about that. mazzarro Feb 2020 #63

I strongly concur with you completely. mazzarro Feb 2020 #69

Agreed and he chose the most ambiguous language to muddy live love laugh Feb 2020 #89

This may have more historical precedent than you thought. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #20

He failed Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #85

B-I-N-G-O! Especially one that has been cog of the party all along. mazzarro Feb 2020 #62

Yes exactly Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #84

Mueller was our fantasy Generic Brad Feb 2020 #6

It wasn't just "our bad" Merlot Feb 2020 #29

Exactly. Sadly, we put too much hope in him. brush Feb 2020 #35

Sorry, I kept saying I hoped it wasn't going to another Fitzmas dhol82 Feb 2020 #41

Just like Bolton was a fantasy. RepubLIEcons are the LAST people to trust.. nt live love laugh Feb 2020 #59

You've got that right Generic Brad Feb 2020 #60

I hope at least the pattern is more obvious--of dangling these false RepubLIEcon "saviors" live love laugh Feb 2020 #64

The sooner people grasp that there isn't a savior, ever, the better off they'll be. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2020 #7

That is the reality check empedocles Feb 2020 #48

I think there may have been health issues with Mr Mueller. kentuck Feb 2020 #8

That's the rumor. Johonny Feb 2020 #9

In the book A Very Stable Genius PA Democrat Feb 2020 #54

I DON'T BLAME MUELLER blakstoneranger Feb 2020 #11

+1 They're projecting how they're going to cheat. joost5 Feb 2020 #39

I woke up this morning with this very thought. MASW Feb 2020 #13

His plea bargains were going no where exboyfil Feb 2020 #79

Zero Republican will stand up to Trump except Mitt! BlueJac Feb 2020 #14

Even Mitt made a 50% show of token support. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #21

Voting on both would not have made any difference to Trump redstateblues Feb 2020 #56

I don't mean to sound completely ungrateful, it did poke Trump in the eye. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #67

Amash nt Celerity Feb 2020 #43

Conflicting goals bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #16

I agree. I think he knew which way the winds were blowing, i.e., U.S. Senate. Texin Feb 2020 #27

Bingo mjvpi Feb 2020 #91

Republicans are so courageous when picking on women and kids. Pepsidog Feb 2020 #18

Ain't that the truth. nevergiveup Feb 2020 #22

Mueller could have been a hero. He chose otherwise. AverageJoe Feb 2020 #23

I thinkk the reality is ... Locrian Feb 2020 #26

Sounds about right AverageJoe Feb 2020 #45

He got his law practice up and running again exboyfil Feb 2020 #80

What if there had been an investigator who could have brought Hitler down before he ever became jalan48 Feb 2020 #25

When it was time to tell truth to power... BlueIdaho Feb 2020 #32

Same with Bolton. zentrum Feb 2020 #34

I think Mueller's role was to uncover crimes so another authority can dispose them. Baked Potato Feb 2020 #37

Another way to phrase it Alpeduez21 Feb 2020 #38

+1 ChiTownDenny Feb 2020 #42

I'm guessing he doesn't want trump harassing his Ilsa Feb 2020 #44

We where wrong to expect a Repub (of any stripe) to do a... JoeOtterbein Feb 2020 #46

I just finished the chapter in "A Very Stable Genius" about the Mueller report and I now think Vinca Feb 2020 #47

Cheat, call it winning, brag about it? czarjak Feb 2020 #49

In assessing Mueller's less than stellar performance COLGATE4 Feb 2020 #52

He's a republican Nature Man Feb 2020 #53

I think someone got to Mueller samplegirl Feb 2020 #55

Another view Hearthrob Feb 2020 #57

Hang on, we are throwing Mueller under the bus now? ramen Feb 2020 #61

No edhopper Feb 2020 #66

Merry Fitzmas LessAspin Feb 2020 #65

Yup nt live love laugh Feb 2020 #90

slightly OT Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #68

The were shown that Trump is controlledby the Kremlin. edhopper Feb 2020 #70

But we do Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2020 #71

They are FRIENDS shanti Feb 2020 #72

I never bought into that. Nor Comney, or Kelly. krissey Feb 2020 #73

I know, but what can we do about it now? Karma13612 Feb 2020 #74

Hope the American voters edhopper Feb 2020 #75

I hear ya! nt Karma13612 Feb 2020 #96

I'm confused. when did ever look like a courageous figure? Kurt V. Feb 2020 #77

They knew exactly who to pick and how Mueller would react. THEY KNEW. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #81

He could have gone down in history as a hero Dopers_Greed Feb 2020 #82

I agree Liberalhammer Feb 2020 #83

Mueller is an establishment Republican and a possible early dementia case Azathoth Feb 2020 #86

Yeah.... Dorian Gray Feb 2020 #87

And what of the bulk of his team? Cetacea Feb 2020 #92

You have made edhopper Feb 2020 #95

I still find Mueller to be an admirable and honorable figure. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2020 #93

"his report is far more damning than most people think or want to admit" StarfishSaver Feb 2020 #94

One of the biggest let-downs in history!!! I wish he was like De Niro played him!!! ElementaryPenguin Feb 2020 #97